Word: ringed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...crowd goes wild. The band breaks into a jubilant, drum-thumping march. The loser, a shave-headed Negro, is led from the ring, while speaking ruefully with a reporter. The winner, a white man, is paraded about on the shoulders of the cheering crowd. One gloved hand mechanically extended, he stares ahead, his face a bloody mask of idiocy...
...winning the title in 1915 and losing it four years later to Jack Dempsey, the 6-ft. 61-in , 250-lb. fighter became the fated protagonist in two of the most controversial fights in ring history. The result was that for nearly half a century he was dismissed by the great majority of fight fans as the Great White Hoax. It was an unfair judgment, and before he died last week at 86, Willard was belatedly recognized as one of boxing's most underrated heavyweights...
Death to All. Under Rehse's cold eye, leniency was rarely a problem. He sat in judgment of a schizophrenic boy who wrote from a juvenile asylum requesting "weapons, munitions, cameras, explosives and a diamond ring" to overthrow the Nazi regime; of a Catholic priest who dispatched an appeal for a "humane peace" to a Swedish bishop; of an internationally famous biologist who told a friend that he expected the Third Reich to crumble. All were condemned to death. To be sure, Rehse served only as a member on the bench of one of Hitler's most notorious...
...adopt the Annex program for its entire school system. The Strivers would like to see the idea spread, but they know that a large part of the Annex's appeal is that it is voluntary. Massive adoption, they fear, might well kill the spirit that makes Freedom Annex ring...
There's two gorgeous wrestlers, you see? A white one, Ricki Starr, played by Ricki Starr. And a black one called Lillywhite-don't you just love it? Ricki wears red ballet slippers and pirouettes in the ring. And Lilly has these terrific pectorals and wears a mask like Batman. He kind of falls for this absolutely sumptuous rock-'n'-roll singer, Christian, played by David Anthony. But before he can kidnap him, some wretched girls-the Touchables, they call themselves-capture Christian and spirit him away. They also steal some statues. The statues...